Section 8 

 RECOMMENDATIONS 



Most of the difficulties encountered during the pilot interview program stem 

 directly or indirectly from the lack of support of the oil companies. If the 

 oil companies could be persuaded to actively cooperate, much more data could 

 be collected. It might be possible to make participation in the interview 

 program a mitigation measure for future offshore oil exploration programs. 



Workers on Oil Platform Emmy are beginning to fill out the sighting cards. 

 These workers who have shown enough interest to fill out cards will probably 

 continue to do so only if they are provided with some kind of encouragement 

 and feedback. Otherwise, it might seem to them as if they are sending their 

 cards out into a vacuum. One way to provide feedback would be to establish a 

 whale watchers newsletter detailing some of the results of the program. The 

 sighting cards could have a space for the observer to write his address if he 

 were interested in receiving such information. 



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